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Show IKEHIGUrS ROW IS LESS ACUTE Each Side Says It Is Ready to Meet the Other "Half Way." NEW YORK, Dee. 9. Ban Johnson, president of the American league, and his so-called "loyal" club owners arrived ar-rived tonight from Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the American lca?uo tomorrow. Johnson's party included James Dunn, president of the Cleveland club; Phil Hall, president of the St. Louis cluh; Thomas Shibe, treasurer, and Connie Mack, inananer of the Philadelphia club; Benjamin Minor, president, and Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington club; Frank Nevin, president of the Detroit De-troit olub. and George W. Miller, attorney fur Johnson. Johnson said he did not expect any trouble tomorrow. "I never look for trouble in advance, and it is our intention to go through our regular business as usual," said Johnson. John-son. "However, if the other side starts any trouble we shall be prepared to meet them. e did not come all the way from Chicago unprepared." He said that the averages of the players play-ers who appeared in games in which Mays took part as a New York player appear in the official summary, and that Mays's games with New York were included in the batting and pitching averages. In speaking of tomorrow's meeting, Johnson said : "It is well to remember that five sensible sensi-ble chili owners came east with me." Colonel T. L. Huston, half owner of the Yankees, today remarked that the elub owners opposing Johnson "were willing will-ing to meet the other side half way." During the greater part of the day the three majority directors, Ruppert, New York; Frazee, Boston, and Comlskoy. Chicago, Chi-cago, were in conference with their attorneys. at-torneys. They gave out no statement after af-ter it was over. |